Great; I will take a look. I would like any pictures you might have of the following:

U-19 class
U-66 class
U-63 class
U-93 class
U-139 cruiser subs
UB-II class

I already have a few photos of them, and I realize you already posted some pix of U-20 etc. but of course the more the merrier.

I received my book yesterday and it's a dream come true! Beautiful full-color profile drawings, hundreds of pages, and photos I've never seen before. I hope the moderators don't mind the plug, but it's a must have for anyone who is a WWI sub fan:

http://www.amazon.com/Kaisers-U-Boot...6055720&sr=1-1

It also cleared up one issue for me: I was having trouble with U-20's conning tower because one of my sources had misidentified a photo of a later U-Boat as U-20. I will update the model to remove the bulges at the side of the tower - among other changes.

@ USS Drum: Yes; I may include some of the better looking stock freighters as long as they have an early 20th Century look to them.

OK i have started a thread over on the history of ships forum and will add those boats for pictures....

re early 20 cent merchants, a very common feature was a plub ie straight up and down bow, counter sterns and high stacks due to the coal fired boiilers...also distinctive early 20th century vents and blowers and fog horns..high profile compared to later in the century....

I do love those early ships, they had a beauty all their own. Sad to say over 5000 of them were sent to the bottom of Davy Jone's locker by the U boats but that was war.

Here is one of the very best sources for images and information for merchant ships of that era:

US Department of the Navy World War I Era Cargo Ships Organized by Type:

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Onli...tp/ak/w1ak.htm

i think that one site will give you may pictures of ships that you may need...

and for British Merchant shipping, the best site is:

the Red Duster:

http://www.red-duster.co.uk/


that book looks wonderful congrats...

Don't know if this will help, but Osprey Publications has a huge list of WWI books, and many on surface vessels, and subs.

It looks like this may be out of stock, but would be great for any 3D moddler. If you want, to left side of the page, unde the Period heading, click on WWI and scroll through the pages of books they have on the subject.

They are also loaded with pictures. I used there books for references when i made skins for the old Red Baron 3D Albatros DIII and DVa wings and tail colors. Lots of great info in them too!

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/stor..._9781841763620

U 20

http://www.cityofart.net/bship/smu-20.jpg

U 53

http://www.cityofart.net/bship/uboat_jeer_1916.jpg

Zeebruge WWI Sub Pens

http://www.cityofart.net/bship/zeebrugge_sub_pens.jpg

U 14

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._%28WW1%29.jpg

U 53 Rhode Island 1916

http://rpmedia.ask.com/ts?u=/wikiped...ne_SM_U-53.jpg

U 35

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...rmill/U-35.jpg

Assorted Boats

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...oatsatpier.jpg
French Boat, U 133 and U 24 after surrender

U 20

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...kLusitania.jpg


U 20 Scuttled

http://www.ww1medals.net/images/u_boat_U20.jpg

U 20 Austo Hungarian Fleet

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...en_1914_gs.jpg

U 22

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...rmill/U-22.gif

U 88

http://www.ww1medals.net/images/U-13...ell%20type.jpg

UC 67

http://www.ww1medals.net/images/u-boat4444.jpg

U 58 (being captured by US Navy)

http://www.ww1medals.net/U58surrenderB.jpg

U 53

http://www.ww1medals.net/images/web%20cpe_u53_01.jpg

U 53 conning tower

http://www.ww1medals.net/images/u53.jpg

U 53

http://www.ww1medals.net/images/Germ...ne_SM_U-53.jpg

U 53

http://www.ww1medals.net/U53CREW%20T...Oct%201916.jpg

U 103

http://www.ww1medals.net/U-103xx.jpg


good example of dazzle paint Olympic

http://www.ww1medals.net/RMS%20OLYMPIC.jpg

U 123

http://www.ww1medals.net/images/U%20-%20123.jpg

U 9

http://www.ww1medals.net/images/cnp_...ine_u15_01.jpg

U 15

http://www.ww1medals.net/u-15.jpg

amazing site with great info on many of the most famous U boats of WWI

http://www.ww1medals.net/ww1_german_uboats.htm

U 88

http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/...236eLarger.jpg

U boats in Keil in 1916

http://uboat.net/history/images/wwi_pic1.jpg
U 12, U 7, U W, U 6

http://warandgame.wordpress.com/file...11/wwiubfg.jpg

Deck view unkown type

http://warandgame.wordpress.com/file.../11/wwwidf.jpg

U 9

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._U_9_800px.jpg

In Port

http://diodon349.com/images/Nesting_...orld_War_I.jpg
this picture above shows U 19, U 20 U 21 and U 22, better view at bottom of this post

At surrender

http://diodon349.com/images/Nesting_...end_of_WWI.jpg

U 19, U 20 U 21 U 22

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/75/u19202122.jpg

http://www.warchat.org/pictures/worl...an_u_boats.jpg
Those aren't WWI the one a the far right is a IX-D2.

OK i will delete that one, sorry, i am just finding pictures by their listings. thanks for the correction.

Here is a nice summary I found:

WWI German U Boat Classes

" kerosene-powered boats

o Type U 1, Type U 2, Type U 3, Type U 5, Type U 9, Type U 13, Type U 16, Type U 17

" Mittel-U MAN diesel boats

o Type U 19, Type U 23, Type U 27, Type U 31, Type U 43, Type U 51, Type U 57, Type U 63, Type U 66, Type Mittel U

" U-Cruisers and Merchant U-boats

o Type U 139, Type U 142, Type U 151

" UB coastal torpedo attack boats

o Type UB I, Type UB II, Type UB III

" UC coastal minelayers

o Type UC I, Type UC II, Type UC III

" UE ocean minelayers

o Type UE 1, Type UE 2

Some of those pictures appear to be mislabeled. The one that says "U 58 (being captured by US Navy)" is the same as "U 20 aground", and near the bottom you have two identical pictures labeled "U 9" and "U 15". You can clearly see a "15" painted on the bow, so I'm pretty sure that's not U9.

"U20 again" is the same picture as the first "U20".

I agree on the sub that appears in two different picture titles, someone got it wrong...i am just conveying resources i am finding, i think that is indeed the captured boat if i recall it from other sources...and not U 20 going aground.

I will try to come back and edit and correct shortly just posting more and an archive of new pics to share.

U 125 1918 just before being given to the IJN

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg535...jpg&res=medium

U 9 Returning to Port after sinking three RN Cruisers

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg62/...jpg&res=medium


http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg404...jpg&res=medium

U 35 sub that sank over 200 ships....

195 ships sunk for a total of 466.518 GRT
2 warships sunk for a total of 2.500 tons
3 ships sunk for a total of 21.536 GRT

U 25 with a scouting Seaplane

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg607...jpg&res=medium

U 25 shown here with what is said to be a 1A Friedrichshafen FF-29 Seaplane


U 12 and U 1

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg72/...jpg&res=medium


excellent thread with many photos and some info

http://www.worldnavalships.com/forum...man+submarines

any and all corrections very welcome as I do not know much at all about this era with submarines...my knowledge of WWI has been mostly surface ships.

Archive of Photos of German WWI U boats with interiors, conning tower views, con positions on conning towers, deck views, posters and ship pictures..

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21166...Photos+WWI.zip

I will try to find more...and please post any further corrections or additions to the info that anyone knows....

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5.../piecesof8.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5.../88-gun-v1.jpg

Work on the 88mm gun for medium-sized U-Boats. A short barreled weapon totally different from the famous World War II 88. I have few sources and not much XP modeling weapons, unfortunately. If you have pictures of WWI 88's, you know what to do. ;)

I checked Naval Weapons and they don't have a detailed diagram of this weapon; most of the details are being eyeballed in from what few photos I located.

I believe the pictures I have from the Ottawa War Museum have a preserved 88 in a WWI U-boat mount...

I don't have any further details on which boat that is from though, unfortunately, and it seems like this one is missing a few parts.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p.../stuff/881.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p.../stuff/882.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p.../stuff/883.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p.../stuff/884.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p.../stuff/885.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p.../stuff/886.jpg

Whereas the shorter range of the paraffin boats was not due to the fuel type but due to an inefficient fuel tank arrangement. The first boats didn't had the arrangement where the oil drifts on water in the tank but had closed tube shaped tanks, that means there were extra tanks that were kept empty and then filled with water as the fuel is being expended to account for the weight loss. Overall this reduced the room left for the fuel to only 50% or less, which then obviously accounts for the shorter range.

Hey iam how's it going ? Nice to see your project still going.

Cool. I was just bringing to your attention, not trying to say that "you" were wrong. It's a great thing you're doing here, and some awesome pictures. :rock: